Value interval selection on multi-touch devices

US8990732B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Eckhard Farrenkopf · Schriesheim, DE
• Hans-Juergen Richstein · Rauenberg, DE
• Daniel Markwig · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04808
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure provides examples of computerized methods and software for receiving time-based interval selections on multi-touch devices. In one aspect, a time interval slider is displayed in a portion of a graphical user interface, where the time interval slider is a listing of time values in a single dimension at a first granularity level. A request is received via a multi-touch gesture to change from the first granularity level of time values to a second granularity level of time values in the time interval slider. In response, an updated set of time values at a second granularity level is displayed within the time interval slider. A selection of a first time value is received for a first endpoint in a time interval via a first touch input, and a selection of a second time value is received for a second endpoint in the time interval via a second touch input.